Step Six: Depending on the size the backup it could take awhile, continue when complete.

Step Seven: The backup file is now saved in your user private backup area to save the file to a different backup device (your computer, a jumpdrive, etc.) you should either “right click” on a PC or “Control Click” on a Mac to access the option to save a location.

Step Eight: Choose “Save Link As”

This will give you the option to save your backup file to a new location.

Step Nine: You now have a compressed copy of your course. This copy can be restored to the same course, to a new course, or combined with another course. You will have to work with your Moodle administrator to request a new course where you have teacher privileges before you can do a restore. Note: you may also take your course to another Moodle server provided that server is also running Moodle V2.0.

Note: In step three you can select just parts of a course and then later restore those parts into an existing course. This is a nice way to share activities and topics between courses. Just be careful when you copy into an existing course so that you do not overwrite topics.